England

The Railway Challenge is an annual competition organised by the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, which brings together teams of university students, apprentices and graduates from across the world to test their business knowledge, design ability and technical skills in a live railway environment. Participants are required to design and manufacture a miniature (10¼” gauge) railway locomotive in accordance with a set of strict rules and a detailed technical specification; this is a test of electrical and control system design as well mechanical design.